Upwell Structures Vulnerability States

Updated December 07, 2018 14:20

Structure Vulnerability States

Vulnerable

This state indicates the structure may be attacked and can take damage. This is the default state for the structure most of the time. Under certain circumstances, which are outlined below, structures may become invulnerable.

Note:

Structures cannot be attacked in High Security space without a war declaration

Invulnerable

This state indicates the structure cannot be attacked. This happens in several circumstances:

While Anchoring

Before the Anchoring process starts, as well as soon as it completes, the structure will only have structure and will need to pass a 15 minute repair timer. Only after the repair timer following the anchoring completion expires, shields and armor become available.

When an attack succeeds

When the attackers bring shields or armor hitpoints to 0 the structure becomes invulnerable for a specific amount of time before having its next layer vulnerable to attack, as outlined in the states diagram below

Which layer becomes vulnerable after Shields have been depleted is dependent on the power state of the structure. Active service modules on the structure will have it in a "Full Power" state, meaning that the next vulnerable layer will be the armor layer. It is possible to online service modules in order to switch the structure into "full power" mode as long as the structure still has shields, even if it is under attack.

A structure without online service modules will be in "Low Power" state, and will skip the armor layer, becoming vulnerable again at the Hull Layer.

If the structures enters the Hull reinforcement cycle, all service modules that are online at the time will fall offline. Should the structure survive the repair timer after the hull reinforcement ends, those service modules will have to be turned online again manually.

Repairing

This state actively indicates the structure is under attack

This happens when any kind of damage is applied to a vulnerable shield, armor or hull layer.

NOTE: Incoming damage is limited to a specific amount per second and depends on the size and type of structure

This state lasts for a specific amount of time.

Time is paused whenever damage is dealt

Immediately ends if the vulnerable layer (shields, armor or hull) reaches 0 HP. In case of shields or armor, the structures goes into an invulnerable state, before having the next layer set to vulnerable. In case of hull, the structure is immediately destroyed

If the repair timer naturally expires, the structure fully recovers from the attack. Its shields, armor and hull are restored to full values.

FLEX Structures

While FLEX Structures work mostly in the same manner as other Upwell Structures, they offer less defenses and are quicker to destroy. The main difference lies mainly in the fewer, and shorter reinforcement cycles: